
An Introduction To Astrology; With Numerous Emendations, Adapted To The Improved State Of The Science In The Present Day A Grammar Of Astrology, And Tables For Calculating Nativities.
ALPHA EDITION (Publisher)
Published on 15. December 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
576 pages
978-93-5430-390-6 (ISBN)
Description
A living handbook from seventeenth-century astrology. Clear, rigorous, and unexpectedly humane. William Lilly's An Introduction to Astrology offers a rare combination: an astrological grammar manual that defines the technical language of signs, houses and aspects, and practical tables for calculating nativities that allow a reader to assemble a working natal chart. Part classic astrology guide and part indispensable astrology reference book, it presents natal chart calculation in a straightforward, teachable sequence and lays the foundation for practical horoscope interpretation techniques. Readers learning on their own will find it a robust companion for astrology self-study; beginner astrology students gain direct access to the methods that shaped later practice. The prose is concise and purposeful, turning specialised procedure into a readable craft.
Beyond the manual, the volume is a vivid witness to the history of astrology and the wider currents of early modern occult thought. Lilly's systematic register of signs, dignities and predictive rules shows how seventeenth-century astrology organised observation, counsel and forecasting; it reveals the logic behind decisions that once guided households, courts and communities. For historians, practitioners and curious readers it sheds light on William Lilly astrology in original form and remains a key item for any traditional astrology collection. The book's practical emphasis makes it valuable to both scholar and practitioner: learn the technique; feel the period.
Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure. Equally approachable for casual readers seeking readable historical depth and for collectors of classic literature and specialised occult volumes, this edition returns a foundational manual to the shelf, where it can be read, studied and used by a new generation of astrologers and admirers of early modern thought. A graceful bridge between past and present.
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 34 mm
Weight
923 gr
ISBN-13
978-93-5430-390-6 (9789354303906)
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William Lilly, a former barrister and historian in Canada and England, is a member of the Inns of Court and Middle Temple, and has been a Queen's Counsel since 1976. Throughout, he has been a director of both private and public companies, one of which led him to participate in the development of surveillance and location technologies which his company represented in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Following World War II, William travelled throughout Europe with the support of the Minister for External Affairs of Canada to observe the reconstruction, formation of governments, and constitutional arrangements of several European, Asian, and African countries, and his information encouraged the government to provide peace-keeping forces at the request of the United Nations. William is a citizen of both Canada and the United Kingdom.